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others remember when union supporter martin luther king, seen here, marched with one of america's most accomplished labor leaders, walter ruther, seen here with his hand on king's arm. >> you're young, aren't you? ruther. >> today's protests are reminiscent of an eight decade old fight. in the coming months, that fight could turn into a citizens initiative, repeal, lawsuits or even a recall of elected officials. michigan's law goes into effect in a little over three months. >> do we have any indication because obviously this is a movement, which states might be next? >> take a look at michigan, seen as the center of the labor movement. even the top four union members states could be at risk. at the top you have new york with one in four workers a union member, followed by alaska, hawaii and washington. the number you see on the screen right here, which is the advocacy money, that could be what's changing these traditional union states. according to the nation, we look at those numbers from 2008 to 2011, right to work money was $18 million. pro-union, just $2 million. >> thanks so much.
others remember when union supporter martin luther king, seen here, marched with one of america's most accomplished labor leaders, walter ruther, seen here with his hand on king's arm. >> you're young, aren't you? ruther. >> today's protests are reminiscent of an eight decade old fight. in the coming months, that fight could turn into a citizens initiative, repeal, lawsuits or even a recall of elected officials. michigan's law goes into effect in a little over three months. >>...
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in both bodies you have congresses that look more like america than it did. every year, it gets more women, more minorities. and i also hope that people look at what happened in connecticut, maybe we ought to come together and do something and not have some of the partisan bickering that we've had over other issues. i think there's a general consensus growing that we need to do something about the issues that the connecticut tragedy has brought fourth. >> and let me ask you again, john, because i don't think we actually got the answer, do you think that, in spite of the fact, that, for example, senator-elect scott is more conservative, that change is coming, particularly on the issues that have come out of this tragedy? >> well, first of all, i think that this entire nation is mourning. and we need to go through that grieving process. and allow that to happen. and then i do think we need to move rapidly, the dialogue on a number of areas. certainly, there's going to be those who want to talk immediately about gun control and gun legislation. and i think that
in both bodies you have congresses that look more like america than it did. every year, it gets more women, more minorities. and i also hope that people look at what happened in connecticut, maybe we ought to come together and do something and not have some of the partisan bickering that we've had over other issues. i think there's a general consensus growing that we need to do something about the issues that the connecticut tragedy has brought fourth. >> and let me ask you again, john,...
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number 4, oh holy night, number 3 jingle bells followed by white christmas and america's favorite, silent night. before we go to break, a holiday message from a service woman in afghanistan. >> happy holidays. i am major tamala delhi, and i am coming from afghanistan. this message goes out to niceville florida. i love to say happy holidays to my children. i extend a very well and warm wish to the 96 medical group in nightsville, florida. happy holidays. ♪ if it wasn't for you ♪ don't know what i'd do ♪ i'd have nothing to prove [ male announcer ] introducing the celebration diamond collection. zales is the diamond store. let love shine. in that time there've been some good days. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas move from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people
number 4, oh holy night, number 3 jingle bells followed by white christmas and america's favorite, silent night. before we go to break, a holiday message from a service woman in afghanistan. >> happy holidays. i am major tamala delhi, and i am coming from afghanistan. this message goes out to niceville florida. i love to say happy holidays to my children. i extend a very well and warm wish to the 96 medical group in nightsville, florida. happy holidays. ♪ if it wasn't for you ♪ don't...
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we have to put the safety procedures in place at every school in america. number two, we have to look at the mental health services and counseling available to students and adults. numb per three, we need common-sense law that is get the guns out of the hands of people who should not have them. anyone who proposes a single simple solution, it won't work. >> clark, to you, a chief lawyer for the utah office of education calls arming teachers, quote, a terrible idea, and arguing here that teachers could be overpowered for their guns, they could misfire, cause an accidental shooting. as you know, critics have been saying that armed security guards at columbine weren't able to prevent the massacre at that school. do you see their point here? >> first of all i'm not armed security guards. i'm talking about teachers who choose to have a firearm, and quite honestly carol lair and your guest their views were certainly not shared by the 200 teachers in my class yesterday. >> not at all? >> and very likely not the majority of the views across this nation of teachers
we have to put the safety procedures in place at every school in america. number two, we have to look at the mental health services and counseling available to students and adults. numb per three, we need common-sense law that is get the guns out of the hands of people who should not have them. anyone who proposes a single simple solution, it won't work. >> clark, to you, a chief lawyer for the utah office of education calls arming teachers, quote, a terrible idea, and arguing here that...
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we're not going to let obama borrow any more money or any america congress borrow any more money before we fix this country from becoming grease. >> a hardening on the republican side being the key phrase there, liz, maybe having it backfire when he needs republicans down the road. let's say when it comes to the debt ceiling? >> i would actually ask the question a little differently. i would say are both sides in danger of trying to push too much and then us not reaching an agreement. i think what you're hearing from the american public right now is there is a lot of fear and frustration that's really coorsing through the electorate as they're watching what seems to be both sides of, you know, playing a very risky game with their own -- their tax dollars, their livelihoods, their economy. and so i think -- i think pushing -- each side pushing too much carrys risk for both. >> let's talk about what the democrats are doing. the white house obviously has been taking this to the people. the president in michigan yesterday just as i latest stop. the dccc has another. they've been accusing me
we're not going to let obama borrow any more money or any america congress borrow any more money before we fix this country from becoming grease. >> a hardening on the republican side being the key phrase there, liz, maybe having it backfire when he needs republicans down the road. let's say when it comes to the debt ceiling? >> i would actually ask the question a little differently. i would say are both sides in danger of trying to push too much and then us not reaching an...